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The girl was grateful for relief from the rigid chair, but that was not the only reason she wanted out of it. Simply, the castle was too vast for her to withstand one area for any length of time. She imagined that there were many, many rooms within the castle for their wanting eyes to feast upon. The pair of young women could not hope to reach them all before their time to part came. They had to keep moving if they were to see even a fraction of the castle.
Rio followed Mati across half of the room to another door rotting under the spell of age, giggling freely. She had never dreamed of a day like this -- throwing her worries away to run amuck and behave foolishly with somone she loved, all for the sake of fun. The girl was so full of joy that she could scarcely keep her laughter inside, so she let it all out.
Mati was trying the door, but an unexpected obstacle arose when the ancient handle fell right off. Rio drew in breath in preparation for another gale of laughter, tickled by Mati's bewildered face, but she bit her tongue firmly and smiled instead. Even her smile faded and she feigned a serious expression, remembering her vow to the princesses. Ahem, she voiced with imagined daintiness, pressing her hands against the wood and pushing with all her might. The door budged a centimeter, but even that small a shift encouraged her to motion for Mati's help. Though many other doors branched off from the great room, Rio was unwilling to leave the marvels behind this portal unseen without a good fight.
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